Planet Combustion
Periods in 2020 when a planet is so close to the Sun that it is combust (Asta). Marriage and other ceremonies are avoided while Jupiter or Venus is combust.
Combust periods 2020
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | 14 Dec 2019, 01:12 | 10 Jan 2020, 22:24 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 16 Dec 2019, 03:55 | 31 Jan 2020, 14:16 | 46 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 28 Dec 2019, 05:26 | 30 Jan 2020, 12:43 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 19 Feb 2020, 18:41 | 03 Mar 2020, 07:46 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Apr 2020, 21:08 | 17 May 2020, 09:40 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 29 May 2020, 20:55 | 09 Jun 2020, 01:37 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 23 Jun 2020, 04:14 | 09 Jul 2020, 19:31 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 04 Aug 2020, 11:37 | 02 Sep 2020, 15:44 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 20 Oct 2020, 08:06 | 31 Oct 2020, 23:16 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Nov 2020, 18:50 | 12 Jan 2021, 16:40 | 48 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
Times are local to New Delhi, Delhi, India, worked out with the sidereal (Lahiri) zodiac. Sunrise and sunset are for the upper edge of the Sun with normal refraction.